"For change we cannot do the same thing again and again, and expect different results"
To some people this world is beautiful to some it is only a place of which there are too many difficulties. Our world is a reflection of ourselves, and to change things permanently we have to make sometimes very - different choices.
Absolutely every decision we make has an affect on others and our surroundings. Not just what we do, what we say, and what we buy, but what we think, our desires and who we lead, by example.
Many people say of elections, 'its just one vote'. Each person is a drop in the ocean when they do only a little but they also can change everything, when they dedicate fully, to making the difference. We must see a dicatorship as something almost unreal, and a free democratic republic as something normal. To accept a totalitarian government as the way things are will only make it last longer.
"If we do not question everything ourselves, can we expect others to?"
Anyone or any group that thinks violence is justified because it is in the name of religion simply have not stopped to consider, what is good - and wisdom. God is literally love and it is foolish to think God would be angry or hateful towards any person or people, it simply does not make sense. People are created exactly, as God made them so why would God then be angry towards anyone.
A theocracy defined as supposedly God is ruling the country and not human beliefs. But then what would be a true theocracy. To be closer to God we must be more like God. God obviously would not reject even the smallest minority, God would not charge money for the basic needs of people when they require help, God would want people to follow him by their own choice - not because they were 'told' to do so, God would do everything - he can to better people's lives even in foreign countries. A true theocratic government, is above race, is above class, and is above differences - of religion.
If a government for the benefit of trade or other reasons has dealings with totalitarian dictatorships and does nothing to discourage those actions it is not an ethical government. What they do to others they can do to their own people.
We must be intolerant of intolarance, allowing groups that oppose our freedom to grow will only create further challenges in the future. Intolerance must be dealt with in its early stages.
We are all connected, in more than one way. One planet with billions of people moves in a single direction. We are individuals but we are also all one, giving is - having.
"If we only take then only what our own hands can reach. If we only give, the whole world then offers to us."
We cannot say if we are not political - it will not affect us. A dictatorship - paying the government your work and living how they tell you is simply another form of slavery. Compare a country not with other countries, but with a country that is in every way - perfect.
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